It is a wild thing writhing when caught in another’s hand squeezed release it back to me please. Others carve slices ripped torn worn down returned recycled still it beats on largely ignored until sirens are called. Muffled oppression ongoing obsessions that which grieves trailing thickly white they point to it on the screen blocked […]
My life is full of metaphors parables meaning. Perhaps that is just the way I see it. Believing. But how we see it Us Them Is really all there is And I am deeply in love with this feeling. When I’m on the coast I go ocean swimming and if there was ever a metaphor […]
There is a tether inside me It runs from the top of my head Down through my spine Splitting in two It exits through the soles of my feet When I become lost I find it Hold it Descending Hand over hand I reach the bottom Breathe Feel my feet My toes in my shoes […]
Efficiency Can sometimes be mistaken for bluntness And laughter For making fun of … A word that was said or written Has several connotations depending on the ear the eye of the beholder. Raindrops fall without wondering how they’ll land All you can do is apologise For misunderstandings But never for yourself You are nature […]
Am I frozen in your mind encapsulated in a judgement you made about me so long ago? Pity the rock kicked in the road it hurts the passing toe but is ignorant of it’s own nature. Pity the wall built a hundred years old paint layered thick thick, thick, thickly over timber once so pretty […]
Burning incense Scented smoke curling All the small dramas of the day dissipating, unfurling. Leaving only the thought Did I inhabit this day? Small anchors set down throughout the expanse of hours. The morning run, that meal, a bunch of grapes, breathing while I swim, lap after lap. The feel of the damp grass, Bodhi’s […]
The freedom to think naturally Move easily To let emotions come and go Without being trapped in their snare nor beguiled by thoughts and cravings. To let others simply be and it all occur. Held by the structure that Is self designed installed and embraced daily. I don’t even have to think about it anymore […]
A piece of glass, fragile and transparent. People bump into it, not realising it is there. They think to walk through it, smudge it with their fingerprints, or handle it clumsily, shattering. Using it as a filter for their own perception, or a mirror for their own reflection. Glass is endlessly mutable and open to […]
Look for yourself in yesterdays footprints The wind has erased your passing Look for yourself in the thoughts that you had a year ago You are not there you barely remember what you had for breakfast last Tuesday We wake, we think thoughts and we journey over the day The hills, the valleys Emotional highs […]
Hot air released to the clouds Sighs flying Breathe in Breathe out Disappear from view Air balloons Transient moons Sun comes up Sun goes down Memories in between Inflated by emotions Land on my mind Misplaced by others Photos from my phone capture and recall Moments as intangible as all those Hot air balloons A […]
